Appointments, honors and activities

March 8, 2013

• Appointments and promotions:

- James R. Hintz, Purdue's associate dean of students for
Student Activities and Organizations, announced two appointments. Melissa
Gruver will serve as assistant dean of students for Leadership and Civic
Engagement. She will be responsible for the leadership development programs and
Boiler Volunteer Network. Brandon Cutler will serve as assistant dean of
students/director of Fraternity, Sorority and Cooperative Life. Gruver worked
in the Academy for Leader Development and Civic Engagement and the Waco
Episcopal Student Center at Baylor University and has been serving as the
community engagement coordinator at Texas Christian University. Cutler
previously served as assistant director of Greek affairs, primary fraternity
adviser at Kansas State University and has been serving as assistant director
of student life and director of Greek life at Ball State University. Both will
begin April 15.

• Faculty and staff honors:

- John G. Baugh, director of agricultural services and
regulations for Purdue University's College of Agriculture, has received a Beck's
Hybrids Beyond the Fence award from for his support of Indiana agriculture. He
was among four people who received the annual award in various categories.
Baugh was presented with the Friend of Indiana Agriculture award, given to an
individual who has had a positive effect on agriculture but isn't directly
involved in it. The awards are sponsored in conjunction with the Indiana
Soybean Alliance and the Indiana Corn Growers Association. Baugh has served in
his role at Purdue since 1995. He has lead liaison and administrative
responsibility for state agricultural service and regulatory functions located
at Purdue, as well as liaison responsibility to other organizations and
programs which impact these services. Baugh also serves as Purdue Agriculture's
primary contact with the Indiana State Department of Agriculture and is
involved with state-level legislation that affects Purdue Agriculture.

- Dawn Marsh, assistant history professor at Purdue
University, was selected by the Ohio Historical Society to participate in a
project on Midwestern Native American tribes. "Native Americans in the
Midwest: Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges" is a three-year faculty
and curriculum development project that aims to provide 36 community colleges
with better teaching tools for these subjects. A National Endowment for the
Humanities grant is funding the project, and is only one of three such grants awarded
this year. Marsh joined the Purdue faculty in 2007 and teaches a variety of
courses on Native American history and culture.

-
James Forney, professor of biochemistry, has been selected to receive a 2013
Trustee Teaching Award from the Indiana University Board of Trustees. The award
recognizes outstanding teaching and his "efforts teaching biochemistry to
medical students" at the Indiana University School of Medicine-Lafayette.
He will be honored at the School of Medicine's May commencement ceremony.
Forney has been at Purdue since 1988, when he was an assistant professor in the
Department of Biochemistry. He became an associate professor in 1994 and a
professor in 1999. From 2001-08, he served as head of the department.